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Nova Pro 1.0 vs o3 Mini

Updated October 21, 2026. 36 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

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Nova Pro 1.0Amazon
Coding
No data
Overall
7.0
Output $/M
$3.20
0
o3 MiniOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
12.5
Output $/M
$4.40
36
vs boards won of 36 shared

Decision reading

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Nova Pro 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 1.4x less, and where the context window is larger, 300K against 200K tokens.

Model ANova Pro 1.0AmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel Bo3 MiniOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
36
Nova Pro 1.0 only
6
o3 Mini only
34
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Nova Pro 1.0 not benchmarked, o3 Mini not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 23.5 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run): Nova Pro 1.0 23.3% against o3 Mini 73.4%, 50.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova Pro 1.0 $3.20 against o3 Mini $4.40 per million output tokens, 1.4x apart.
Context window
Nova Pro 1.0 takes 300K tokens, o3 Mini 200K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryNova Pro 1.0Barso3 MiniTies
Coding04
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning05
Math02
Knowledge05
General018
All shared boards036
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
Coding benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and o3 Mini
BenchmarkNova Pro 1.0o3 MiniLeader
Aider polyglotNot measured60.4%Only o3 Mini measured
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured42.4%Only o3 Mini measured
SWE-bench LiteNot measured32.3%Only o3 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured71.5%Only o3 Mini measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)23.3%73.4%o3 Mini
SciCodeNot measured42.8%Only o3 Mini measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)6.1%6.8%o3 Mini
GSO-BenchNot measured1.3%Only o3 Mini measured
WeirdMLNot measured43.7%Only o3 Mini measured
CybenchNot measured22.5%Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: coding12701378o3 Mini
LMArena Text: software and IT12711364o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and o3 Mini
BenchmarkNova Pro 1.0o3 MiniLeader
AA Intelligence Index7.012.5o3 Mini
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured140.2Only o3 Mini measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and o3 Mini
BenchmarkNova Pro 1.0o3 MiniLeader
τ²-Bench Telecom14.0%31.3%o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and o3 Mini
BenchmarkNova Pro 1.0o3 MiniLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured75.5%Only o3 Mini measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)49.9%77.3%o3 Mini
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)3.2%12.0%o3 Mini
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured77.0%Only o3 Mini measured
ARC-AGINot measured34.5%Only o3 Mini measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured3.0%Only o3 Mini measured
SimpleBenchNot measured22.8%Only o3 Mini measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured15.0%Only o3 Mini measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured7.0%Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12461365o3 Mini
LMArena Text: expert12111364o3 Mini
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12591375o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and o3 Mini
BenchmarkNova Pro 1.0o3 MiniLeader
AIMENot measured86.5%Only o3 Mini measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured91.8%Only o3 Mini measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured91.3%Only o3 Mini measured
AA Math Index7.0Not measuredOnly Nova Pro 1.0 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)7.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Pro 1.0 measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured76.9%Only o3 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured18.6%Only o3 Mini measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured0.0%Only o3 Mini measured
MATH level 5Not measured96.5%Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: math12521396o3 Mini
LMArena Text: mathematical work12611399o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and o3 Mini
BenchmarkNova Pro 1.0o3 MiniLeader
MMLU ProNot measured78.7%Only o3 Mini measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured71.5%Only o3 Mini measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured45.3%Only o3 Mini measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured69.4%Only o3 Mini measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured94.8%Only o3 Mini measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)69.1%80.2%o3 Mini
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured15.3%Only o3 Mini measured
MMLU82.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Pro 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: science12551339o3 Mini
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12601330o3 Mini
LMArena Text: legal and government12811328o3 Mini
LMArena Text: business and finance12291313o3 Mini
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and o3 Mini
BenchmarkNova Pro 1.0o3 MiniLeader
Design Arena: websites796Not measuredOnly Nova Pro 1.0 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index018
General benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and o3 Mini
BenchmarkNova Pro 1.0o3 MiniLeader
IFBench38.1%67.1%o3 Mini
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)21.0%43.0%o3 Mini
DTBenchNot measured68.8%Only o3 Mini measured
LMCANot measured19.0%Only o3 Mini measured
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured50.0%Only o3 Mini measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured61.7%Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text12591337o3 Mini
LMArena Text: instruction following12351337o3 Mini
LMArena Text: creative writing12121286o3 Mini
LMArena Vision980Not measuredOnly Nova Pro 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: English12761351o3 Mini
LMArena Text: non-English12331319o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Chinese12441379o3 Mini
LMArena Text: German12431303o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Japanese12001286o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Korean12031313o3 Mini
LMArena Text: French12711334o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Spanish11821321o3 Mini
LMArena Text: Russian12401304o3 Mini
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1294Only o3 Mini measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn12461320o3 Mini
LMArena Text: longer queries12551343o3 Mini
LMArena Text: writing and language12471313o3 Mini
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12101283o3 Mini
LMArena Vision: English987Not measuredOnly Nova Pro 1.0 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and o3 Mini
BenchmarkNova Pro 1.0o3 MiniLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Nova Pro 1.0$0.0024Fits in one request
o3 Mini$0.0033Fits in one request

Nova Pro 1.0 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova Pro 1.0$0.050Fits in one request
o3 Mini$0.068Fits in one request

Nova Pro 1.0 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova Pro 1.0$0.192Fits in one request
o3 Mini$0.264Exceeds the context window

Nova Pro 1.0 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Nova Pro 1.0 and o3 Mini
SpecificationAmazon Nova Pro 1.0OpenAI o3 Mini
MakerAmazonOpenAI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedDecember 5, 2024January 31, 2025
Context window300K200K
Input $/Mtok$0.80$1.10
Output $/Mtok$3.20$4.40
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova Pro 1.0 better than o3 Mini for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nova Pro 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 1.4x less, and where the context window is larger, 300K against 200K tokens.

Which is cheaper, Nova Pro 1.0 or o3 Mini?

Nova Pro 1.0 costs $0.80 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; o3 Mini costs $1.10 and $4.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova Pro 1.0 or o3 Mini?

Nova Pro 1.0, with 300K tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks is the Nova Pro 1.0 vs o3 Mini comparison based on?

36 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova Pro 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and o3 Mini's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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